The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

r. a
blooded Holstein calf from Winoosld that
we should judge would yet win for it.
self the admiration of farmers hereabouts
80 Last Saturday morning the mercury
was only thirty degrees above zero. -
! As we 90 on in life do we not all find that
in the great and wise plan on which the
! affairs of this world are run ones own mis-
fortunes are sometimes permitted, i'm part,
| anyway, for the good fortunes OF others Of
! whom he may never even know here? We
| were recently reminded of this fact in this
way: There came to a house in which we
| were canvasser for some small articles,
who likely, in her late years, may have felt
compelled to resort to this way of earning a
living. 1t seemed to us doubtful that she
would make a sale on this occasion, but the
| lady of the house, with manifestation of
much kindly feeling, made purchase and
| this is the secret OF it. She has a dear friend
who seems almost to have been born to
failure. One of the many ways tried by
this friend to earn a support was canvass
ing at one time, under peculiarly sad cir
cumstances. With no fitness for it, failure
was the result. Our friend had heard her
friends pitiful story of the experiment and
failure, and now she says she this
friend in every canvasser that comes to her
| door. And they all get the benefit of 1t to a
greater or less extent. If in no other way than
| to be simply pleasantly received. -
Among the attendants at the union service
! in the Congregational house last Sabbath
were Messrs Rev. e. f. Herrick E. Oscar
| Tracy and Dr. NJ. III. Corwin and father of
Chelsea and John Reed of Brookfeld. -
An acquaintance who left a church in Yer
mont (where, by his tell, one might suspect
the North Pole could be found, if there
were not so many elsewhere like D relates
to us the difference between it and the one
he attends in a much more pretentious
place. He thinks "A stranger at the latter
would have hard work to escape being cor
daily noticed by some of the regular at
tendants. In fact, there seems to be an
laff on NAar fgfu .ffl ,..ll,.,.
of the church in seeing who will give the
most hand-shakeS to strangers at service.
1t was not very far from that place that an
incident occurred ten or fifteen years ago
which we heard related last week. There
was in that city hard young fellow, whose
outward appearance was in keeping with
his inward condition. One Sunday he took
it into his head to attend church. Enter
ing the building, he was let alone in the
porch some time and then was asked into
the audience-room and assigned a back-seat.
AS he saw others of better appearance led
to better seats he felt bitterly the contrast
and resolved as he left the church that if
ever he went to church again it would not
be to that one. Some years later, in which
time he had been going from bad to worse,
he thought he would 90 to church again,
and remembering his previous experience,
betook himself to another one. This time
he was cordially met by an officer of the
church, seedy" though he was, and in
vited into his own pew with himself.
When it came to the singing this officer
shared his hymn-book with his guest, and
altogether treated him kindly that he
left thinking if he ever went to any church
again it would be that one. Later on,
year or two or more this wild young man
t was reached by the Young Mems Christian
Association and began new life. Calling
. to mind the reception just mentioned, he
united with that particular church, and we
I Judge that the same has had reason to be
: honorably proud of his connection with it
and the record he has made since leaving
9 the city in which it is located. -
There are to be union services at the Meth
( odist vestry Friday and Sunday evenings
4 next, commencing at seven o'clock. -
Our young townsman, Herbert Colby, now of
Barre, has been unfortunate in the last year
more with horses, having had one stolen
1 here, to recover which cost him some $40,
a and the other day one died. which he val
$ ued at S175. - Rev. Henry Wilson and
: wife, nee Miss Lora Bass, now of Carpen-
a | tersville, ILL.,, arrived in town last week
1 They purpose attending the meeting of the
n American Board in Springfield, Mass, the
e first week in October. - Rev. Harvey
, Webster was in town last week. He has
. lately sold two colts he took from this place
r for $780, one of them being the one that
e was so badly cut on wire fence here.
}, - Mr.. and Mrs. b. F. Sibley visited his
It brother in Winooski last week. - Miss
Carrie Waterman. granddaughter of the
late Mr.. Calvin Ainsworth, is to teach
l. again the coming year in the public schools
l., in Minneapolis, MINI. - George l..
4 Ainsworth, only child of our eX-townsman,
q Frank w. Ainsworth, now of Racine, Wis,
n has just entered the State University at Mad
II son Wis. 90 Bert" Demeritt and
V wife We're in town last week visiting his
!. parents. He seems to be prospecting in his
d work as travelling salesman for Worces-
Il ter, Mass, boot and shoe house. -
a Some will hear with keen sorrow that one
:, and perhaps two of the beautiful old elms
v by General f. Bass meadow and two
t smaller ones opposite must likely come
% down to make room for the iron horse.
- Miss Alma Benedict, daughter of the
late Ezra ID. Benedict, is at home on va
cation from work in the insane asylum at
N Middletown, CT. - Oramel Howe, son of
q the late Perley Howe, was in town recently.
n He is nearly three-score and ten years of
r age and resides with daughter in Nashua,
n n. H. - Conductor Frank w. Flint is
/ taking "A vacation from his regular business
Y on the Central Vermont railroad and is en-
= gagged in looking after the company's mat
r. tiers in connection with our road, settling
70 for land damage, etc We hear he will likely
a be employed hereabouts for some time to
= come. - Charles Edison and Ed. House
n made the trip of the lakes, from Ogdens-
q burgh, n. Y, to Chicago. when going to
e Kansas recently. We are glad to hear Mr..
a Edson's first impressions of Kansas are
,s pleasant ones. - DR.. McClearn is pros
NJ pecting in Illinois, with a view to locating
Il there as a physician. - Mrs. Nioletta
n Hubbard Dodge, now of Vineland, \. j.,
n has been confined to the bed since June
\ and unless help comes soon her case is
l. thought to he very serious one The
trouble is consumptive. - Mrs. j. X.
a. Prize in the quarry district has been under
Il a physicians care, typhoid fever having
"a been feared, but she is now convalescent.